Natalya Tenyakova

To Remember

Investigation Held by ZnaToKi

Chekhov and Co.

Thirty short stories based on thirty stories by Chekhov.

Fathers and Sons

In 19th-century Russia, two young men start to question their worldview after it gets challenged by people from the older generation.

Love and Pigeons

In a remote Siberian village, a work injury sends Vasily Kuziakin on a paid trip to a Black Sea resort as compensation. There, he meets femme fatale Raisa Zaharovna and decides to stay with her. Such is the beginning of a new life for him, exciting and strange, but lacking his home, his wife and children, and his pigeons.

The Dark Lady of the Sonnets

A television adaptation of a short comedy of the same name by George Bernard Shaw.

A Robbery at Midnight

A comedy based on the vaudeville by the Yugoslav playwright Miroslav Mitrovic "A Thief in Position, or a Robbery at Midnight".

A Long Cat Tale

In this whimsical television play based on a fairy-tale by Karel Čapek, an enterprising detective goes on a globe-trotting adventure to catch a mysterious wizard.

Ball

Based on the works of Alexander Pushkin ("Roslavlev", "The Tales of I.P. Belkin", "We Spent the Evening at the Country Estate...", "A Novel in Letters", "A Duel", etc.).

One-Two… And King Me!

Based on the pamphlet "They Don't Talk About It" by Finnish writer Martti Lärni.

The Theater of I.S. Turgenev

On the uniqueness and significance of I.S. Turgenev's theater, and the connection between his dramaturgy and prose.

Thunderstorm Over Belaya

The film is set in 1919. The film tells about an episode of the Civil War, when the troops under the command of M. V. Frunze took the city of Ufa away from the White Guards.

Uncle's Dream

Energized by the arrival of a rich, elderly and seemingly eligible bachelor, a provincial noblewoman decides to marry off her daughter by any means necessary.

Ships in Lissa

A television play based on stories by Alexander Grin. Five sailing ships are blocked in the port of Lissa by an enemy privateer. The captains of four of these ships gather around a hotel table, pondering how to set sail and outsmart the privateer's vigilance...

Swan Song

Oleg Borisov’s benefit performance. The plot of this televised stage production is based on Anton Chekhov’s dramatic sketch Swan Song, which tells the story of an aging actor’s fate. As the performance unfolds, the actor recalls some of his past roles in various productions based on the works of Ostrovsky, Griboyedov, Shakespeare, and Gogol. He also recites poems by Pushkin and sings a song by Okudzhava.